#873A42#873A42

#873A42 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.106 H 15.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#873A42
RGB	rgb(135, 58, 66)
HSL	hsl(354, 40%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(354, 57%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57%, 51.1%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.15, 33.74, 11.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.15, 35.63, 18.74°)
OKLab	oklab(45.4% 0.1016 0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(45.4% 0.106 15.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.4890, 8.5718, 6.1500)
Luminance	0.0857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#873A42 #3A877F

analogous

#873A68 #873A42 #87583A

triadic

#873A42 #42873A #3A4287

tetradic

#873A42 #68873A #3A877F #583A87

square

#873A42 #68873A #3A877F #583A87

split-complementary

#873A42 #3A8758 #3A6887

monochromatic

#311518 #5C282D #873A42 #B24C57 #C5777F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.74

#873A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#873A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #873A42

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##873A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##873A42	1.00	7.74	2.71	7.74
#FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#932F3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #873a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 58, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.106 15.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae7376',
    500: '#873a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #873a42;
$custom-light: #ae7376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#873a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.766,
    "s": 39.896,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45396,
    "c": 0.10566,
    "h": 15.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#873A42

secondary

#6FAEA7

accent

#D0C358

background

#FBF7F7

surface

#F6EDED

border

#D0C8C8

text

#110808

muted

#807B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #873A42

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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